Women’s Wednesdays: #SAAM – Conversations for Change
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month and April 8-14, 2018 is International Anti-Street Harassment Week. Join us for a conversation about the spectrum of sexual violence, and strategies for effective conversations that lead to legislative and societal change. How do we talk with and about each other? How do we engage our family members in these conversations? Do we talk about it at work? What are the key elements of a conversation that sparks change? We’ll begin with story-sharing and statistics, highlight movements and actions that served as pivot points, assess where we are today, and talk about what we still need to do to end sexual violence.
Our conversation will be guided by these questions:
– What is sexual violence?
– How do we talk to children about sexual violence?
– How do protections differ in the home, school, workplace, and street?
– What does bystander intervention look like?
– Who do we need on our team to work to end sexual violence?
– What opportunities exist for having conversations and developing strategies for change?
– What is sexual violence?
– How do we talk to children about sexual violence?
– How do protections differ in the home, school, workplace, and street?
– What does bystander intervention look like?
– Who do we need on our team to work to end sexual violence?
– What opportunities exist for having conversations and developing strategies for change?
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Women’s Wednesdays was founded by Equality Bahamas as a response to community members’ requests for a space to access resources, experts, and practitioners, share knowledge, and engage in conversation with one another. Officially started in May 2017, Women’s Wednesdays highlights Bahamian women and our experiences in The Bahamas, specific to our identities including gender, race, sexuality, age, and ability. Held once per month at minimum, the events draw women together to have conversations that bring our individual lives into focus while connecting to family, community, and national narratives.
Women’s Wednesdays was founded by Equality Bahamas as a response to community members’ requests for a space to access resources, experts, and practitioners, share knowledge, and engage in conversation with one another. Officially started in May 2017, Women’s Wednesdays highlights Bahamian women and our experiences in The Bahamas, specific to our identities including gender, race, sexuality, age, and ability. Held once per month at minimum, the events draw women together to have conversations that bring our individual lives into focus while connecting to family, community, and national narratives.
#WW242 intentionally centers and prioritizes women and girls, and is open to the public through in-person events, livestreams, and social media activity. With the support of the National Art Gallery of The Bahamas, we create a safe space for knowledge-building, idea-sharing, critical dialogue, and movement-building.
Inspired by Equality Bahamas’ Women’s Wednesdays, there is now a similar initiative in Guyana, and other countries in the Caribbean are expected to follow.